How to Use imperfection in a Sentence

imperfection

noun
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  • She tried to hide the imperfection in the cloth.
  • He detected several imperfections in the surface of the jewel.
  • Against the crooked imperfection of the word, this happened.
    — Elizabeth Willis, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
  • That imperfection, though, is all the more on show now.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The road back down to street level curls around the back of the butte in a series of steep straights, fast turns and road imperfections.
    — William Roberson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But for her, the potential for imperfection is part of the point.
    — Marc Hogan, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But that's not the case and the orbital imperfections mean that a day on Earth is not always 24 hours long.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2018
  • Fog sealant is used to fill in cracks and imperfections on a road surface and can preserve the life of the pavement.
    — David Williams, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The idea is to call attention to the flaw rather than hide it, to accept the imperfection and work to enhance it.
    — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Matte nails don’t leave a lot of room for imperfections, so keep this in mind.
    — Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This, my friend, is where the magic happens – in the imperfection, in the failing and doing.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • What unites so many of 2018’s TV moms and dads, sons and daughters, is imperfection.
    — Jeff Lipsky, HWD, 14 June 2018
  • But experts need to learn to live with imperfection as people do with the virus.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Get ready to blur imperfections and help your skin thrive with these must-have products.
    — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But at the core of them all is a very simple idea: Assume imperfection.
    — Alexander Gounares, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Fired up after the back and forth, Bryant went on to discuss how just like any good piece of art, there’s beauty in the imperfections, too.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • That’s the beauty, that’s the imperfection—no one has a perfect life, and there are no stories that are perfect.
    — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
  • And there are many who try to pick at the imperfections of the experiment, as if catching them in a lie, Sarah says.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
  • How does the process of injecting filler into the nose work to fix imperfections?
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 11 Mar. 2019
  • At the bottom right, Ginger Strawhorn checks the cloth for imperfections.
    — Bob Davis, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • The carbon frame is designed to act like a shock absorber, deflecting up to 4mm to take the edge off imperfections in the road.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2019
  • For Nelson, the cheeky, decades-old imperfection captures the way Chicagoans can laugh at themselves.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Then, powder the tissue over the lip with translucent powder to keep it in place and blur out imperfections.
    — Kate Watson, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • The bacteria from the brush will then be transferred to your skin and cause skin imperfections, breakouts and clogged pores.
    — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Eventually, the student gets the AI to just the right level of imperfection in the essay.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Since each vase is handmade, the color will vary from smoky gray to black, and imperfections may exist.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
  • All that imperfection only grows more chaotic as the game goes on, as the friction from the stones modifies the ice.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The missed notes and off-kilter sounds are part of his art, which is the promise of the real, but also, even mainly, of imperfection.
    — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Don’t worry if your loaf looks imperfect at this point; after proofing the imperfections will be hidden.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This is a musical that treasures goofy imperfection, a scene where McInnerny does a funny little tap dance, or the joy in Shannon’s hyena cackle.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024

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